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Fandom, social media, and binge-culture helps us fall head over heels for public figures whether they're actors, activities, on-air personalities, or influencers. We don't know all the sides of them, but we feel more connected to them than ever. Having become notably famous through Gay of Thrones and Queer Eye, Jonathan bursts the door down of what we perceive of him from co-hosting Queer Eye on Netflix. Talking to readers like a friend but also with straight-forward honesty and clarity, we learn how the road to being who he is on television today wasn't an overnight glam session where waking up with a bubbly personality is automatic. Like anything in life, loving yourself is kind of hard work, especially when you've faced so many things in your past that makes you feel unworthy. From his love of ice skating and gymnastics to being bullied as a teenager, drug and sex addiction, we learn of the many parts that exist within him. While the book might seem boundary-less by what Jonathan shares, anybody who is a fan of a celebrity must learn that we have to be respectful of their space - just because we learn of who they are on deeper levels doesn't give us permission to expect anything of them or feel entitled to who they are and what they do. By the end of taking us through his darkest days, he shows us that to see the light at the end of the tunnel, he had to learn to know his boundaries, accept who he was, and make amends with every part of himself. Like every episode of Queer Eye, which I feel like this book represents the most, he leaves you with the inspiration that you can do it too.